Hot Toddy

2 oz single malt Scotch (or other spirit)
3.5 oz boiling water
1 cube (tsp) demarara sugar
lemon peel*

Muddle the sugar (and lemon peel*) in the bottom of an earthenware mug.  Add boiling water and stir to dissolve sugar.  Add Scotch and stir.

*Addition of a lemon peel makes this a Skin.

Whisky Skin

2 oz Scotch
1 piece of pithless lemon peel
1 tsp demarara sugar (inauthentic but optional)

Muddle lemon peel [and sugar] in a dash of boiling water, then add Scotch and more water to the top.